Michael Chuah
@mcccxx
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Ever Curious!
Joined February 2009
[How to live on 24 hours a day] 110 years later, and somehow I work longer hours than the average Londoner in 1910... Where did it go wrong?
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Uploading Pirated Books via BitTorrent Qualifies as Fair Use, Meta Argues |
torrentfreak.com
In an ongoing lawsuit, Meta now argues that uploading pirated books to strangers via BitTorrent qualifies as fair use.
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The Self-Help Trap: What 20 Years of "Optimizing" Has Taught Me |
tim.blog
“We cannot reason ourselves out of our basic irrationality. All we can do is to learn the art of being irrational in a reasonable way.” — Aldous Huxley, Island It was cold out, but none of us were...
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An upcoming California law requires operating system providers to enforce basic mandatory age verification
pcgamer.com
I wonder how the government of California plans to enforce it?
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OpenAI Reaches Agreement With Pentagon to Deploy AI Models
bloomberg.com
OpenAI said it has reached an agreement with the US Department of War to deploy its models in their classified network.
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"Our agencies are structured to avoid losing money, not to make it." - Budget 2026 debate: Kenneth Tiong on money, speed and market for R&D ecosystem https://t.co/tDCoghjLi5
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Massive US study finds higher cancer death rates near nuclear power plants
sciencedaily.com
A sweeping nationwide study has found that U.S. counties located closer to operating nuclear power plants have higher cancer death rates than those farther away. Researchers analyzed data from every...
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How to Turn Off Smart TV Snooping Features - Consumer Reports
consumerreports.org
TVs collect a huge amount of data. Here's how to use privacy settings to limit the surveillance on TVs from LG, Samsung, TCL, and every other big brand.
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Meekness isn’t weakness – once considered positive, it’s one of the ‘undersung virtues’ that deserve defense today
theconversation.com
The word ‘meekness’ might seem old-fashioned – and not a positive trait. But understanding its original meaning can identify an important virtue.
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Budget 2026 debate: Pritam Singh calls for full disclosure of billions in public spending amid record surplus
channelnewsasia.com
The Workers’ Party chief says the public deserves detailed “report cards” on how taxpayer funds are used.
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Man accidentally gains control of 7,000 robot vacuums
popsci.com
Sammy Azdoufal just wanted to steer his DJI Romo with a gaming controller.
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3D-printing platform rapidly produces complex electric machines
news.mit.edu
A 3D printing platform developed at MIT can utilize multiple functional materials to fully print a complex electronic device, like an electric linear motor, in a matter of minutes.
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S'pore Tourism Board invites single Americans to look for love with ‘aunties, not algorithms’ - https://t.co/O18UhTRFVA - News from Singapore, Asia and around the world
mothership.sg
Ditch the apps, trust the aunties.
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Long-term effects of pregnancy and childbirth on sleep satisfaction and duration of first-time and experienced mothers and fathers - PubMed
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Microsoft says bug causes Copilot to summarize confidential emails
bleepingcomputer.com
Microsoft says a Microsoft 365 Copilot bug has been causing the AI assistant to summarize confidential emails since late January, bypassing data loss prevention (DLP) policies that organizations rely...
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Mom whose 7-year-old has brain swelling from measles still wouldn’t vaccinate
independent.co.uk
EXCLUSIVE: South Carolina parents living in the state’s measles epicenter tell Rhian Lubin of their devastation after their unvaccinated 7-year-old son, Ethan, developed encephalitis, a complication...
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This 14-Year-Old Is Using Origami to Imagine Emergency Shelters That Are Sturdy, Cost-Efficient and Easy to Deploy
smithsonianmag.com
Miles Wu folded a variant of the Miura-ori pattern that can hold 10,000 times its own weight
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Unwanted AI upgrade to Windows Notepad created a serious security flaw
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